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. >> romney, can he beat obama? >> who knows? we've got all of that stuff between now and then and the economy. i mean, i think the -- you know, for me i was -- he's in the middle. so romney's as good depending where he wants the middle to be. >> he's just threatening some of the others. he's less threatening than a santorum, isn't he? to most americans. >> to most americans he is -- he's the kind of republican candidate. the one that generally you're used to. >> are americans angry enough to kick obama out? that's what normally needs to happen. they need to be angry enough with the incumbent that they'll vote him out of office. >> i don't think they're angry enough because i think they're exhausted. i think most americans are so tired. if the rhetoric hasn't exhausted them, the fact they've had to wander looking for jobs, there are two in a family in order to do this. the fact they can't afford their mortgages and the banks aren't making it any easier. it's tough enough to deal with verizon and at&t and who knows how much you're
. >> romney, can he beat obama? >> who knows? we've got all of that stuff between now and then and the economy. i mean, i think the -- you know, for me i was -- he's in the middle. so romney's as good depending where he wants the middle to be. >> he's just threatening some of the others. he's less threatening than a santorum, isn't he? to most americans. >> to most americans he is -- he's the kind of republican candidate. the one that generally you're used to. >>...
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romney has got a real challenge. ali pointed it out. he likes to go on the campaign trail and say barack obama wants to emulate the capitals of europe. he's got a point when they do crazy things like provide health care. but now it is the europeans in dublin, in london, in berlin who have imposed austerity and forced their recovering economies back into recession. austerity has failed in europe. it's going to fail in america. we've lost #600,000 public sector workers, teachers, cops and firefighters even as the private sector has had a little bit of growth. i think mitt romney has the wrong side of it when he goes out and says we don't need more teachers, cops and firefighters as he did a week or two ago. >> john, for you, what came out of tonight if anything? >> well, politicians learn from the last election. i would say in the last election i'm not disagreeing with my friend ali velshi's economic advice. if you look at the wisconsin recall, the governor who imposed austerity got reelected. two cities in california voted to rein in pub
romney has got a real challenge. ali pointed it out. he likes to go on the campaign trail and say barack obama wants to emulate the capitals of europe. he's got a point when they do crazy things like provide health care. but now it is the europeans in dublin, in london, in berlin who have imposed austerity and forced their recovering economies back into recession. austerity has failed in europe. it's going to fail in america. we've lost #600,000 public sector workers, teachers, cops and...
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or is there an opening for governor romney here? >> john, i think that to harbor something bigger than this election. it's for reform. whether or not governments are capable of reining in pensions or whether we have become untouchable. whether or not we're beyond the tipping point. you can no longer take away a benefit somebody has received whether collective bargaining, union rights. i think reform itself is on the line. and that has dramatic implications for all the decisions the federal government has to make. with the massive federal issues involving debts and deficits. >> as we deal with all the issues going forward, your former boss is in the news today. he said mitt romney had a sterling business record and everybody in the obama campaign gasps. then today he was asked about the economy. he said we're in a recession and he says this. >> so does that mean extending the tax cuts? >> well, i think what it means they will have to extend -- they will probably have to put everything off until early next year. that's probably the be
or is there an opening for governor romney here? >> john, i think that to harbor something bigger than this election. it's for reform. whether or not governments are capable of reining in pensions or whether we have become untouchable. whether or not we're beyond the tipping point. you can no longer take away a benefit somebody has received whether collective bargaining, union rights. i think reform itself is on the line. and that has dramatic implications for all the decisions the...
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. >> totally obama versus romney. what was so interesting to me tonight, in mitt romney's speech after wisconsin, he started talking about president obama as being out of touch. saying that he was surrounded by true believers and it's easy when you travel around on air force one to get out of touch. you just heard joe biden say and david axelrod are saying that mitt romney is the one out of touch. so i think we have already teed up one part of the argument which is who's the person who's more out of touch with real americans and with the middle class? and so i think that's the beginning of another argument they have already started. >> i think it's fair to say the president for the next several months will try to take the relatively high road and leave the attack dog role to biden, axelrod and others. >> i'm not so sure about that. >> really? you think he'll get down there. because he wants that presidential aura about him. i think that resonates with a lot of folks. >> i think he'll use a stiletts, but not a sledgeha
. >> totally obama versus romney. what was so interesting to me tonight, in mitt romney's speech after wisconsin, he started talking about president obama as being out of touch. saying that he was surrounded by true believers and it's easy when you travel around on air force one to get out of touch. you just heard joe biden say and david axelrod are saying that mitt romney is the one out of touch. so i think we have already teed up one part of the argument which is who's the person who's...
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outwardly bashing mitt romney. his negatives on the rise. >> i think you said "mitt romney's favorables are on the rise." you meant his unfavorables? >> i'm sorry, right. >> there is a poll about possible vp picks. doesn't seem like there's been one favorite one, one main contender for romney's vice presidential candidate. now that we're in the homestretch, any sign that is changing? >> if you look at our new poll, there are some changes. i'll go to the state of florida to show you our poll. we asked people in our new poll, who would you like to see mitt romney choose as his running mate? look who comes out on top. marco rubio, the freshman senator from florida. he's got a lot attention. he's a tea party darling. the conservative base loves him. he's also been selling a book and he's on tv a lot. so name identification. marco rubio, then the new jersey governor, chris christie. 16% of americans, these are republicans and independents who lean republican. they say they want governor christie. then paul ryan, the hou
outwardly bashing mitt romney. his negatives on the rise. >> i think you said "mitt romney's favorables are on the rise." you meant his unfavorables? >> i'm sorry, right. >> there is a poll about possible vp picks. doesn't seem like there's been one favorite one, one main contender for romney's vice presidential candidate. now that we're in the homestretch, any sign that is changing? >> if you look at our new poll, there are some changes. i'll go to the state...
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outwardly bashing mitt romney. >> i think you said "mitt romney's favorables are on the rise." you meant his unfavorables? >> i'm sorry, right. >> possible vp picks. doesn't seem like there's been one favorite one, one main contender. now that we're in the homestretch, any sign that is changing? >> if you look at our new poll, there are some changes. i'll go to the state of florida to show you our poll. we asked people in our new poll, who would you like to see mitt romney choose as his running mate? look who comes out on top. he's got a lot attention. he's a tea party darling. the conservative base loves him. he's also been selling a book and he's on tv a lot. marco rubio. then the new jersey governor chris christie. they say they want governor christie. then paul ryan, the house budget committee chairman. then you see governor jindal. two other guys on the short list. portman and pa lenty down at the very end. we also asked republicans who they think romney will choose. they still think rubio. senator rubio tops the list. then governor christie. you see these other guys in si
outwardly bashing mitt romney. >> i think you said "mitt romney's favorables are on the rise." you meant his unfavorables? >> i'm sorry, right. >> possible vp picks. doesn't seem like there's been one favorite one, one main contender. now that we're in the homestretch, any sign that is changing? >> if you look at our new poll, there are some changes. i'll go to the state of florida to show you our poll. we asked people in our new poll, who would you like to see...
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>> yes. >> most likely mitt romney. >> mitt romney. >> amy? >> oh, boy, i predicted hillary clinton in 2008 so i'm not sure my prediction is worth much. p mitt romney. >> carol? >> i'm going to say do great next week and go on and be in the race to do it. he can't just -- >> you have to be in it to win it. panel thank you all very much, we will reconvene on super tuesday. it will be a fascinating evening. my guess,we'll end up none the wiser on super tuesday, but we shall see. >>> when we come back, did he lose his job? if i have any soreness, i'm not going to be able to do my job. but once i take advil, i'm able to finish out strong. it really works! [ laughs ] [ male announcer ] make the switch. take action. take advil. but when she got asthma, all i could do was worry ! specialists, lots of doctors, lots of advice... and my hands were full. i couldn't sort through it all. with unitedhealthcare, it's different. we have access to great specialists, and our pediatrician gets all the information. everyone works as a team. and i only need to tal
>> yes. >> most likely mitt romney. >> mitt romney. >> amy? >> oh, boy, i predicted hillary clinton in 2008 so i'm not sure my prediction is worth much. p mitt romney. >> carol? >> i'm going to say do great next week and go on and be in the race to do it. he can't just -- >> you have to be in it to win it. panel thank you all very much, we will reconvene on super tuesday. it will be a fascinating evening. my guess,we'll end up none the wiser on...
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why not mitt romney or newt gingrich? what were the negatives about those candidates that you see as positives in jon huntsman? >> i think the -- the choice really came down to romney and huntsman. basically, they had the most presidential demeanor. i think that rick santorum is a fine spokesman for particularly a religious rights constituency that you know, represents a more narrow side of the republican electorate. ron paul obviously speaks a narrow slice of the electorate and -- >> why not -- >> romney and huntsman had a broader focus and seems more credible to us at presidents of the united states, but huntsman's been bolder in the campaign. you have a real sense of where he would take the country. he's engoinged on the issues in a more forceful way than romney has. we're from massachusetts. we have some good memories of romney as governor, but he's disvowed some of those positions. i think that romney could be a credible president. we say in the editorial that a vote for huntsman, for those who might fear it would be
why not mitt romney or newt gingrich? what were the negatives about those candidates that you see as positives in jon huntsman? >> i think the -- the choice really came down to romney and huntsman. basically, they had the most presidential demeanor. i think that rick santorum is a fine spokesman for particularly a religious rights constituency that you know, represents a more narrow side of the republican electorate. ron paul obviously speaks a narrow slice of the electorate and --...
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a few hours from now, mitt romney will head it new hampshire as well as rick santorum. >> right, romney is going to new hampshire where he has a sizeable lead. he is clearly the favorite in new hampshire. he is going it say he's got the wind at his back. >> you are talking about, like 47%. >> right. >> we have a brand new poll that came out tonight. >> 30% ahead. >> 30% ahead, right? >> if you are mitt romney to nate, you are thinking, okay, rick santorum doesn't have a lot of national potential. ron paul doesn't have a lot of national potential. so if the top three -- if he could have picked the top three, these are the three would he have picked. in this order. >> certain lit fact that perry, who did have deep pockets, did have a lot of money, seems to be out of the race. >> back it texas. i think the person who could do him some real damage here is newt gingrich. because i think it is getting awfully personal between the two of them. and i think newt gingrich is rebran rebranding himself and will go on the attack. watch out, he is very effective. >> if you are a president obama suppo
a few hours from now, mitt romney will head it new hampshire as well as rick santorum. >> right, romney is going to new hampshire where he has a sizeable lead. he is clearly the favorite in new hampshire. he is going it say he's got the wind at his back. >> you are talking about, like 47%. >> right. >> we have a brand new poll that came out tonight. >> 30% ahead. >> 30% ahead, right? >> if you are mitt romney to nate, you are thinking, okay, rick...
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romney is set to attend the opening hair moceremonies in lo. a story i had aids say the public hasn't heard enough of. romney is said to het to israel for meetings with benjamin netanyahu and perez. the republican contender will make a concerted effort to lock arms with israeli leaders. that, of course, is to draw contrast in tense relationship between netanyahu and president obama. now after israel, romney heads to poland where he'll sit down with some of the nation's other current leaders. romney will have, of course, a lot on his plate when he returns from his foreign trip. there's the matter of picking a vice-presidential running mate and getting ready for the republican convention in august. jim acosta, cnn, manchester, new hampshire. everyone has goals. take the steps to reach yours, with us with real advice, for real goals. the us bank wealth management advisor can help you. every step of the way. from big steps, to little steps. since 1863 we've helped guide our clients, so they can take the steps to help grow, preserve, and pass along
romney is set to attend the opening hair moceremonies in lo. a story i had aids say the public hasn't heard enough of. romney is said to het to israel for meetings with benjamin netanyahu and perez. the republican contender will make a concerted effort to lock arms with israeli leaders. that, of course, is to draw contrast in tense relationship between netanyahu and president obama. now after israel, romney heads to poland where he'll sit down with some of the nation's other current leaders....
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obama 48, romney 39. so how did romney lose the independent vote? >> well, i think will this is a significant reversal. i think romney through the primaries has been beaten up by the others, seen as removed from kind of the middle class, average voter. has trouble with women now, with latinos. boy, i think he's entering the general election now kind of a totally beaten up candidate and this poll is a reflection of that. >> and he's not the first to arrive beat up. the very nature of the swing voter is that they swing. so is there anything in this that gives you hope that he can get them back, that romney could get back some of these swing voters? >> certainly. number one, it's early april. number two, when you look at with registered voters, the margin becomes much closer. thirdly, this is not a typical nominee that tends to go down. >> we want to talk about women. in this same poll, again, this is swing states, and this is the women vote. obama 54%, romney 36%. is he being tainted from some things fellow republicans have done or is it something abo
obama 48, romney 39. so how did romney lose the independent vote? >> well, i think will this is a significant reversal. i think romney through the primaries has been beaten up by the others, seen as removed from kind of the middle class, average voter. has trouble with women now, with latinos. boy, i think he's entering the general election now kind of a totally beaten up candidate and this poll is a reflection of that. >> and he's not the first to arrive beat up. the very nature of...
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obama has 122 to romney's 40. in florida, obama has 102 to romney's 48. and in virginia, 47-29. a bit closer there. that's just those three states. and quickly, john, i have to wrap it up. but the other battleground states, are they representative like this, as well, in terms of obama really just -- almost 5-1, outnumbering romney in the battleground -- in the ground game effort. >> it is pretty consistent. across the nation, obama has around 750 local headquarters. mitt romney's campaign has around 280. but, again -- >> wow. >> folks in the romney and republican camp will tell you the rnc is deeply invested in ground game, particularly, and these headquarters are just one metric. what really matters is voter contacts, voter outreach. and republicans feel they have an edge there. but the obama campaign has been at this the last 18 months during the whole time romney was running to get the nomination, the obama campaign was focused on building out their ground game. >> ali and john, thank you very much. >> whose shirt? >> i'm not -- i'm not getting -- i'm going to show you one th
obama has 122 to romney's 40. in florida, obama has 102 to romney's 48. and in virginia, 47-29. a bit closer there. that's just those three states. and quickly, john, i have to wrap it up. but the other battleground states, are they representative like this, as well, in terms of obama really just -- almost 5-1, outnumbering romney in the battleground -- in the ground game effort. >> it is pretty consistent. across the nation, obama has around 750 local headquarters. mitt romney's campaign...
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romney is ahead here. if he keeps that margin when the rest of this comes in, it is one of the larger population centers in the state. he could make up the votes in places like this. but, wolf, we're up to 54%. the pace is starting to pick up. we'll keep up with the math. >> let me go back to the wall and take a closer look at these numbers right now. more than half of the precincts reporting, 54%. and rick santorum, the former senator from pennsylvania maintaining a slight lead over mitt romney by 401 votes, 14,606 to 14,205. ron paul third, not that far behind, 13,145. newt gingrich, a distant fourth, only 13%, 8,081. let's take a look at the bottom three right now. still in the bottom three, rick perry, only 10%. 6,200 votes. michele bachmann, very disappointing, 6%. 3,359, and jon huntsman, 1%, 324 votes. 54% of the actual vote is now in in iowa and rick santorum, anderson, is still ahead. so it's a pretty good night for rick santorum. no matter what happens, when the 46% of the precincts, that still h
romney is ahead here. if he keeps that margin when the rest of this comes in, it is one of the larger population centers in the state. he could make up the votes in places like this. but, wolf, we're up to 54%. the pace is starting to pick up. we'll keep up with the math. >> let me go back to the wall and take a closer look at these numbers right now. more than half of the precincts reporting, 54%. and rick santorum, the former senator from pennsylvania maintaining a slight lead over mitt...
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this year, romney in the east. strong for romney but not as strong. and piers made an interesting point earlier. again, governor romney is way ahead in new hampshire. 25% tonight, right? just about 30,000 votes. little shy. 25% tonight. we go back in time four years ago, 25%, 30,000 votes. >> you think mike huckabee is sitting out there, saying to himself, i wonder if, if he had decided to run this time, he might have done okay. >> mike huckabee, daniels, barber, a lot of them thinking woulda coulda shoulda. >> let's look at the poll data coming in. we are learning a lot about what happened, erin, inside iowa. >> that's right. we have been showing you our wall here, we have been turning this the flicking wall. now obviously that we know who the top players are of this virtual dead heat we can talk to you a little bit about what this means for the next step. so born again evangelical christians, as can you see, rick santorum winning that vote. those who didn't identified themselves going to mitt romney. in terms of the most important issue though, and
this year, romney in the east. strong for romney but not as strong. and piers made an interesting point earlier. again, governor romney is way ahead in new hampshire. 25% tonight, right? just about 30,000 votes. little shy. 25% tonight. we go back in time four years ago, 25%, 30,000 votes. >> you think mike huckabee is sitting out there, saying to himself, i wonder if, if he had decided to run this time, he might have done okay. >> mike huckabee, daniels, barber, a lot of them...
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mitt romney has the lead. he only has the lead because the conservatives are split up among themselves. rick perry just arrived in south carolina, he made -- he's going to make an aggressive play for christian voters here in the upstate of south carolina. he talked a lot at this greasy spoon i'm at about how he gave his heart to jesus christ as a youth. rick santorum is also here today. newt gingrich, ron paul. all of them are going to be scrambling to line up evangelical voters, tea party voters, so will be very decisive. john mccain won the state in 2008, precisely because fred thompson, mike huckabee and mitt romney divided up the right side of the republican electorate and mccain was able to escape by cobbling together moderate voters, military voters along the coast, and that's exactly what mitt romney tried to do here and he came here late last week for a 24-hour swing and went to those exact places where john mccain went in 2008 along the coast to try to gobble up some of the military and moderate votes
mitt romney has the lead. he only has the lead because the conservatives are split up among themselves. rick perry just arrived in south carolina, he made -- he's going to make an aggressive play for christian voters here in the upstate of south carolina. he talked a lot at this greasy spoon i'm at about how he gave his heart to jesus christ as a youth. rick santorum is also here today. newt gingrich, ron paul. all of them are going to be scrambling to line up evangelical voters, tea party...
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who is the non-mitt romney? >> well, it's hard to tell, and the "des moines register" poll today showed michele bachmann just a point behind romney. at this point huckabee had four in the iowa polls and went on to win. the thing that is similar between a bachmann and a pawlenty or romney is they offer a crystal clear choice having signed on to the ryan budget and all the things it would do like end medicare and favor tax cuts for wealthy folks in oil companies. i think that sets up a choice that make us clear to the american people who they pull the lever for next november. >> we should say that he's right, huckabee went on to win the iowa caucuses but he didn't go on to become the anti-john mccain. >> i agree with that. >> who do you see having the strength at this point to take on a front-runner, albeit a rather weak one at this point? >> i think there are going to be three people emerge here, romney, the alternative to romney and sort of the tea party conservative darling, who may be someone like michele bach
who is the non-mitt romney? >> well, it's hard to tell, and the "des moines register" poll today showed michele bachmann just a point behind romney. at this point huckabee had four in the iowa polls and went on to win. the thing that is similar between a bachmann and a pawlenty or romney is they offer a crystal clear choice having signed on to the ryan budget and all the things it would do like end medicare and favor tax cuts for wealthy folks in oil companies. i think that sets...
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if the general election ends up being barack obama and mitt romney, would mitt romney say let's shake hands and no super packs? >> well, the state of the law, erin, is that the candidates don't control the outside groups. you're right, there are a lot of them operating. some are running advertising against mitt romney including the president's super pack which you just mentioned. the key things to keep in mind with regard to the outside groups is, one, the candidates can't control them. two, for the republican nominee, whoever that person is going to be, they have to expect an onslaught of negativity from the obama campaign machine. we're prepared to take that head on. we're not going to complain about it. we're going to fight back. >> thank you very much. appreciate you taking the time. mitt romney's top adviser. i want to bring in our democratic strategist james carville now. let me ask you for your reaction. strategically, you hear how he is talking. can you hear me there? >> yeah. >> okay, good. what i was saying is strategically, what do you think about the way romney is playing
if the general election ends up being barack obama and mitt romney, would mitt romney say let's shake hands and no super packs? >> well, the state of the law, erin, is that the candidates don't control the outside groups. you're right, there are a lot of them operating. some are running advertising against mitt romney including the president's super pack which you just mentioned. the key things to keep in mind with regard to the outside groups is, one, the candidates can't control them....
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mitt romney says the economic crisis never happened. we were losing 750,000 jobs a month when the president came into office. the manufacturing sector was in decline. the auto industry was on the brink. businesses have now created more than 4.2 million jobs. manufacturing is resurgent. gm is the number one automaker in the world again. if you want to compare records, look no further than this stat. under mitt romney in the first 40 months of his administration, under 5,000 jobs were created. under president obama in the past 40 months, in the state of massachusetts, we've created nearly 22,000 jobs. >> obviously it was a much deeper economic crisis this time than last, but certainly some important numbers to keep in mind. thanks so much to ben. there are new polls showing a tightening race between the president and mitt romney in three battleground states. colorado, iowa and nevada. all states the president won in 2008. now, one thing that could swing the vote, though, is women, and we know they are important. issues they care about cen
mitt romney says the economic crisis never happened. we were losing 750,000 jobs a month when the president came into office. the manufacturing sector was in decline. the auto industry was on the brink. businesses have now created more than 4.2 million jobs. manufacturing is resurgent. gm is the number one automaker in the world again. if you want to compare records, look no further than this stat. under mitt romney in the first 40 months of his administration, under 5,000 jobs were created....
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romney is saying it was taken out of context. i want to play what he said. >> he said we need more firemen, more police men and more teachers, did he not get the message in wisconsin? the american people did. it's time for us to cut back on government and help the american people. >> isn't the implication there we don't need more firemen, police men and teachers and to cut government that's where you would fire. >> no the implication is we have different world views on how to spr economic growth. romney has made clear we need to put more faith back in the american people. >> when you say cut government and he's citing -- >> but he's citing teachers and firemen and police. >> we help spur the economic growth by putting federal taxpayer dollars into growing the size of government and hiring more government workers. the problem here in order to get the local tax base, the other thing to remember too, localities, local city governments and states, they're the ones that hire first responders. they're the ones that are primarily respon
romney is saying it was taken out of context. i want to play what he said. >> he said we need more firemen, more police men and more teachers, did he not get the message in wisconsin? the american people did. it's time for us to cut back on government and help the american people. >> isn't the implication there we don't need more firemen, police men and teachers and to cut government that's where you would fire. >> no the implication is we have different world views on how to...
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today governor romney's financial advisers says they are part of a separate trust romney uses for charitable contributions. the trustee says governor romney has no role in those investment decisions. okay. so maybe he didn't know. but if he followed his own advice he might have avoided the question. here's what romney said back in 1994 when he raised senator edward kennedy's blind tufts trusts as a campaign issue. >> the blind trust is an age-old ruse if you will which is to say, you can always tell the blind trust what it can and cannot do. you give a blind trust rules. >> now let's be clear. there's nothing to suggest governor romney's answers were anything but the truth. but truth is, you're on the record about giving a blind trust rules, you can't complain if someone else raises a politically controversial investment. let's begin there with our political pros. senior romney adviser -- to those points there, he knows he's on the record saying this about ted kennedy. shouldn't he be just maybe a little bit more briefed on this and be a little more transparent? or should he maybe have issue
today governor romney's financial advisers says they are part of a separate trust romney uses for charitable contributions. the trustee says governor romney has no role in those investment decisions. okay. so maybe he didn't know. but if he followed his own advice he might have avoided the question. here's what romney said back in 1994 when he raised senator edward kennedy's blind tufts trusts as a campaign issue. >> the blind trust is an age-old ruse if you will which is to say, you can...
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obama versus romney. what was so interesting to me tonight, wolf, was that in mitt romney's speech in wisconsin, he was talking about president obama being out of touch, saying he was surrounded by true believers, and it's easy, when you're traveling on air force one, to get out of touch. you just heard joe biden say and david axelrod saying that mitt romney is the one out of touch. i think we've already teed up one part of the argument, which is who's the person that is more out of touch with real americans and with the middle class. so i think that's the beginning of another argument. they've already started on that. >> i think it's fair to say the president for the next several months will try to take the relatively high road and leave the attack dog role to biden, axelrod, and others. >> you think? >> i'm not so sure. >> you think he's really going to get down there? >> i don't know. >> he wants that presidential aura around him, and that resonates with a lot of folks. >> i think he'll use a stiletto,
obama versus romney. what was so interesting to me tonight, wolf, was that in mitt romney's speech in wisconsin, he was talking about president obama being out of touch, saying he was surrounded by true believers, and it's easy, when you're traveling on air force one, to get out of touch. you just heard joe biden say and david axelrod saying that mitt romney is the one out of touch. i think we've already teed up one part of the argument, which is who's the person that is more out of touch with...
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romney wants to cut taxes by 20%. neither one of them seem to really be embracing some of the painful things. >> the third big enabler is the bond market. investors around the world are getting away with this. we sold in the u.s. 10-year bonds. 1.46%. so even though we're running up these huge debts -- >> that makes a mortgage look expensive. >> -- pristine balance sheet. on the one hand, people kind of fear that interest rates will get out of control, then we'll be in big trouble. on the other hand, the market is not enforcing a sense of urgency on our political system. >> peter, people talk about this. when money is cheap, you want to borrow it. so that way you know you're locking in this low interest rate. that makes a lot of sense for the country. it does enable this spending and this addiction, as dan indicates one day, those interests can go higher. remember the late 1970s. >> well, they certainly can go to 6% or 7% without much problem. europe will eventually get over its problems. that's why all its money is c
romney wants to cut taxes by 20%. neither one of them seem to really be embracing some of the painful things. >> the third big enabler is the bond market. investors around the world are getting away with this. we sold in the u.s. 10-year bonds. 1.46%. so even though we're running up these huge debts -- >> that makes a mortgage look expensive. >> -- pristine balance sheet. on the one hand, people kind of fear that interest rates will get out of control, then we'll be in big...
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i mean, what's interesting about all of this, carol, is that the romney campaign and even mitt romney, himself, have made it clear they don't plan to criticize the president on foreign soil. they've been very open and up front about that. but it's interesting to note that in some comments the gop contendors made just about the olympic games that's gotten people somewhat up in arms here in great britain on the front, on the main page for the "london daily telegraph" one of the main newspapers here the headline says mitt romney questions whether britain is ready for the games. and so this is not going over well here. this is one of those things that can happen to a leader on a foreign trip and campaigns try very hard to avoid these kinds of stumbles but occasionally they do happen. and so in just a few moments we're expecting to see mitt romney come out of number 10 downing street where he is meeting with the prime minister and we hope to be able to ask him about these comments and about this controversy. carol? >> we'll let you go. and when mitt romney comes out and starts speaking we'
i mean, what's interesting about all of this, carol, is that the romney campaign and even mitt romney, himself, have made it clear they don't plan to criticize the president on foreign soil. they've been very open and up front about that. but it's interesting to note that in some comments the gop contendors made just about the olympic games that's gotten people somewhat up in arms here in great britain on the front, on the main page for the "london daily telegraph" one of the main...
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and to see him, you know, go positive and just take this abuse from mitt romney and the romney forces at the super pac has been counterintuitive the way newt gingrich has operated his entire career. maybe this is, you know, this is a strategy shift and we'll have to see how to turns out. >> you know, jim, you've watched him over the years and had an opportunity to be out on the campaign trail with him. and again, i think i told joe that i was really interested in a half hour, that gingrich saying vote on where i am now, i want them to caucus on where i am now, rather than where i was 10, 15 years ago. when you are around gingrich or when you see him on the campaign trail, is that -- does he seem significantly different from the newt gingrich you knew and covered in washington? >> reporter: well that's -- we are seeing the softer side of newt gingrich. that has been part of the way he has rebranded himself, i think, in this campaign. to some success, obviously working well for him. the question, though, i think, is whether or not that is consistent with the newt gingrich people have al
and to see him, you know, go positive and just take this abuse from mitt romney and the romney forces at the super pac has been counterintuitive the way newt gingrich has operated his entire career. maybe this is, you know, this is a strategy shift and we'll have to see how to turns out. >> you know, jim, you've watched him over the years and had an opportunity to be out on the campaign trail with him. and again, i think i told joe that i was really interested in a half hour, that...
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mitt romney has no track record of doing that. income, he's only run as a moderate or liberal and when he ran in the conservative pry player last time, he lost. >> to sum up, you don't think mitt romney could beat president obama? >> i think i'm the best candidate but also to get this country going, a conservative who can rally people around a common set of values. this is very much the 1980 election all over again. this is, you know, do we go with someone who they -- the pundits say can win or do we go with someone who we know is the best person to govern this country. i hope in 1980 we chose the latter and it made all the difference. >> what do you think? >> i think any of the republicans have a chance of beating barack obama. that's not the question. the best question is who's the best to govern the country if we do one. we want a victory that does the things that are necessary to make our country free, safe, and prosperous. >> senator rick santorum, you certainly have timing on your side. if you're going to peak, this is the t
mitt romney has no track record of doing that. income, he's only run as a moderate or liberal and when he ran in the conservative pry player last time, he lost. >> to sum up, you don't think mitt romney could beat president obama? >> i think i'm the best candidate but also to get this country going, a conservative who can rally people around a common set of values. this is very much the 1980 election all over again. this is, you know, do we go with someone who they -- the pundits...
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that's mitt romney now. that's mitt romney four years ago. i want to just emphasize it by doing this very quickly. do this on the map. this on the map. this on the map. this on the map. then do this up here. governor romney may still eke this out tonight by a couple hundred votes. some people will say, though, mitt romney then, mitt romney now. look at this. this is ron paul cutting into romney country here. this is rick santorum cutting into romney country here. the biggest change tonight, wolf, the thing that may eke this out for mitt romney in the end, right here. polk county. winning with 29%. we still have more to come in tonight. go back in time four years ago, that was mike huckabee. it could all come down to the biggest populated county in the state, big if, we're counting the votes. pull it back out. 97%. wow. >> yeah. it's a very, very close race there. rick santorum, mitt romney, no mere what happens, they're heading off, they're continuing. ron paul is continuing. newt gingrich is going to be at the debate many new hampshire this
that's mitt romney now. that's mitt romney four years ago. i want to just emphasize it by doing this very quickly. do this on the map. this on the map. this on the map. this on the map. then do this up here. governor romney may still eke this out tonight by a couple hundred votes. some people will say, though, mitt romney then, mitt romney now. look at this. this is ron paul cutting into romney country here. this is rick santorum cutting into romney country here. the biggest change tonight,...
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romney seemed -- now saying, look, romney is taken out of context. let's play for viewers exactly what he said. >> more firemen, more teachers. did he not get the message of wisconsin? the american people did. it's time for us to cut back on government and help the american people! >> isn't the implication there we don't need firemen, police or teachers and to cut government, that's where you would fire? >> no, the implication is we have very different world views on how we help spur economic growth. governor romney's made very clear that what we need to do is put more faith back in the american people. allow businesses both big and small to grow -- >> -- he's talking about cutting government and he's citing teachers -- but he's citing teachers, firemen and police -- >> -- we help spur the economic growth by putting federal taxpayer dollars into growing the size of government and hiring more government workers it the big problem here is that in order to get the local tax base. that's the other thing to remember too. localities. they're the ones that
romney seemed -- now saying, look, romney is taken out of context. let's play for viewers exactly what he said. >> more firemen, more teachers. did he not get the message of wisconsin? the american people did. it's time for us to cut back on government and help the american people! >> isn't the implication there we don't need firemen, police or teachers and to cut government, that's where you would fire? >> no, the implication is we have very different world views on how we...
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mitt romney has to demonstrate he's changed. there are a lot of voters in this country who are unsatisfied with barack obama. they think we could do better. they don't know that mitt romney is that change. neither of these guys has told us what the next four years could be like because of the changes they would bring. >> and that's i think another challenge that mitt romney has on wednesday night. that is to finally lay out some plans. he's been talking a lot about i have solutions, i know how to get the economy moving, but he really hasn't given us a concrete beyond the 59 points, the five points -- >> neither has our president, though. >> our president did in his convention speech outline what he would do over the next four years which i believe is very important because he'll have an opportunity on wednesday night to expand upon that. mitt romney once again, this is the third time he's going to have an opportunity to introduce himself, this time we'll see if he can charm us into thinking he's the one. >> i think you're a litt
mitt romney has to demonstrate he's changed. there are a lot of voters in this country who are unsatisfied with barack obama. they think we could do better. they don't know that mitt romney is that change. neither of these guys has told us what the next four years could be like because of the changes they would bring. >> and that's i think another challenge that mitt romney has on wednesday night. that is to finally lay out some plans. he's been talking a lot about i have solutions, i...
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not somebody like mitt romney who helped pass, wrote romney care or obama care. not somebody who like perry who has no foreign policy experience. rick santorum is uniquely positioned. the only thing that people say is holding him back is he doesn't have as much money as the other people and that shouldn't be the criteria. although i will say this. if anybody wants to help, all they have to do is go to rick santorum.com. >> why did i know that was coming? you made your name back in the late '80s with the christian coalition. is rick santorum viewed as a credible lasting conservative alternative? >> he is a serious substantive candidate. 16 years in the congress, served in leadership in the senate. john just mentioned some of his many credentials. he was the author of the most sweeping reform of an entitlement program since the great depression and welfare reform. he carried the partial-birth abortion bill over multiple vetoes. he is somebody of real policy substance. he's been talking about iran for years, not just since they've been on the verge of having a weapo
not somebody like mitt romney who helped pass, wrote romney care or obama care. not somebody who like perry who has no foreign policy experience. rick santorum is uniquely positioned. the only thing that people say is holding him back is he doesn't have as much money as the other people and that shouldn't be the criteria. although i will say this. if anybody wants to help, all they have to do is go to rick santorum.com. >> why did i know that was coming? you made your name back in the...
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campaign and his tepid endorsement of mitt romney. >> i'm asked sometimes is mitt romney conservative enough, and my answer is simple, compared to barack obama? >> hello, virginia. >> thank you, ohio. >>> and battleground politic was former ohio governor ted strickland and former virginia congressman tom davis. >>> then gauging the power of the taliban, al qaeda, and the afghan government with the chairs of the senate and house intelligence committees, democrat dianne feinstein and republican mike rogers. plus the anemic recovery and the election with the national journal's major garrett and janice rivlin. i'm candy crowley and this is "state of the union." >>> republican leaders and former rivals are gathering around mitt romney's candidacy, but the coalescing lacks a certain warp and fuzzy feature. >> compared to barack obama i would trust mitt romney 100 times over. >> he's the guy. he called and i called him back. we kind of traded some voice mails. >> he's the person that is going to go up against barack obama. it's pretty clear. and we need to win this race. >> i am joined by th
campaign and his tepid endorsement of mitt romney. >> i'm asked sometimes is mitt romney conservative enough, and my answer is simple, compared to barack obama? >> hello, virginia. >> thank you, ohio. >>> and battleground politic was former ohio governor ted strickland and former virginia congressman tom davis. >>> then gauging the power of the taliban, al qaeda, and the afghan government with the chairs of the senate and house intelligence committees,...
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>> romney. i think romney's going to win. i think santorum may outperform his current expectation -- >> but you think his surge has stopped? >> i'm telling people on the ground here, unaffiliated, and he's weighted down by michele bachmann has the preachers, the newt people are sticking with him to some extent. there's too many like candidates for him to exceed. >> so you think romney in one, santorum in -- >> santorum, paul. >> i think romney, paul and third perry or santorum. >> donna? >> i think it's romney. because he can attract independents. i think rick perry will live to fight another day, possibly in south carolina. >> i'm the lone ranger. i think santorum's surge holds and i think romney will be within two points of the 25% he got four years and $20 million ago. most expensive to points in america. >> you think romney? two? >> second place. right where he was last time, 25%. and then ron paul 18% to 20%. >> in terms of -- will anyone drop out, you think, after tomorrow? >> no. >> no. >> probably not. >> bach map if
>> romney. i think romney's going to win. i think santorum may outperform his current expectation -- >> but you think his surge has stopped? >> i'm telling people on the ground here, unaffiliated, and he's weighted down by michele bachmann has the preachers, the newt people are sticking with him to some extent. there's too many like candidates for him to exceed. >> so you think romney in one, santorum in -- >> santorum, paul. >> i think romney, paul and third...
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what mitt romney says about ships and the navy is foolish. the notion that you can measure the strength of our navy by lining up all of our ships in the harbor and counting them is silly. on the issue of whether or not these debates are about finding common ground, you know, being commander in chief is about providing leadership. it's not necessarily about providing common ground. it's about providing a clear direction. mitt romney's problem is that he's never been able to do that. >> quick final word. >> you know, i think that's a silly argument. i think we've got to have a president who can find common ground, move us forward. that's the whole problem with washington. and i think mitt romney has demonstrated he knows how to do it. >> thanks very much to both of you. we will see, two weeks to go. "outfront" next, we go to florida, where john avlon is touring the state, talking to a small group of voters who literally could decide the entire election. >>> and apple already changed the tablet world when they had the ipad. have they done it aga
what mitt romney says about ships and the navy is foolish. the notion that you can measure the strength of our navy by lining up all of our ships in the harbor and counting them is silly. on the issue of whether or not these debates are about finding common ground, you know, being commander in chief is about providing leadership. it's not necessarily about providing common ground. it's about providing a clear direction. mitt romney's problem is that he's never been able to do that. >>...
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romney, paul, santorum. think that's how -- >> i predicted all along that santorum was going to do a lot better than the polls showed previously. the fact that he's been here a lot, gone to all 99 counties has helped him. romney has had bigger crowds than ever before. it's a wide open race. people have been watching the depats ad debates and looking for the perfect candidate. >> is that the key? typically eye oh wants have the freedom to vote their heart like, boy, this guy is right with me. do they have that freedom? is it different with this caucus now? do they need to look and see which one of these guys can get into the white house? >> i think ethey have the abiliy to focus on the things that revitalize the private sector and bring jobs back and get the federal deficit under control. we don't want to be like europe and have this massive debt which is just going to strangle future generations. >> do you think that iowans are going to vote with their heads this time around? is electability the key thing? i
romney, paul, santorum. think that's how -- >> i predicted all along that santorum was going to do a lot better than the polls showed previously. the fact that he's been here a lot, gone to all 99 counties has helped him. romney has had bigger crowds than ever before. it's a wide open race. people have been watching the depats ad debates and looking for the perfect candidate. >> is that the key? typically eye oh wants have the freedom to vote their heart like, boy, this guy is right...
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the president leads at 237 to romney's 191. one state crucial to both campaigns is virginia, which is where we find our chief national correspondent, john king, tonight. and john, let's go through this from each side. first of all, what's the obama path to victory? >> reporter:el with, if you start, erin, 237 strong other leaning his way. let's assume nothing else on the map changes. the president could get it just by camping out in the midwest. if he wins iowa, wisconsin and ohio, that's 34 right there. that would get him to 271. so that's the president's most obvious path. get it out in the heartland in the midwest. iowa, though, is a pretty close state. if the president can't get iowa, he'll have to look for a backup plan. he would probably look to the midwest. >> what about mitt romney? that seems to be more -- a more convoluted path at the least, right? >> reporter: well, it's harder, because he starts at 191, not 237. so simple math tells you, he's got a harder path to get there. here's how he gets there. number one, he n
the president leads at 237 to romney's 191. one state crucial to both campaigns is virginia, which is where we find our chief national correspondent, john king, tonight. and john, let's go through this from each side. first of all, what's the obama path to victory? >> reporter:el with, if you start, erin, 237 strong other leaning his way. let's assume nothing else on the map changes. the president could get it just by camping out in the midwest. if he wins iowa, wisconsin and ohio, that's...
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if the mission of anybody but the romney camp is to stop mitt romney, the best thing for romney is a fractured field of conservative alternatives to mitt romney. the more candidates stay in, the more that 75% is fractured is better for mitt romney. so someone that's going to come in last place is going to have to look in the mirror and say, is this happening for me or not? >> they shouldn't drop out. it's one state. you don't drop out after one state. look, i understand -- also, we have seen candidates fall by the wayside. >> let me interrupt you for a moment. four years ago on the democratic side, you're saying chris dodd, joe biden, bill richardson, after they lost in iowa they shouldn't have dropped back. >> herman cain went to the top, fell back. newt gingrich went to the top, fell back. bachmann won the straw poll, fell back. what i'm saying is, you do not know what's going on. tim pawlenty is at home right now going, what was i thinking? >> tim pawlenty definitely did it with a dumb move. >> he didn't have any money. >> he didn't have any money, but look. it was ridiculous to d
if the mission of anybody but the romney camp is to stop mitt romney, the best thing for romney is a fractured field of conservative alternatives to mitt romney. the more candidates stay in, the more that 75% is fractured is better for mitt romney. so someone that's going to come in last place is going to have to look in the mirror and say, is this happening for me or not? >> they shouldn't drop out. it's one state. you don't drop out after one state. look, i understand -- also, we have...
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>> romney. i think romney's going to win. i think santorum may outperform his current expectation. >> but do you think his surge has stopped? >> i'm telling the people on the ground here have said who are unaffiliated. and he's weighted down by -- michele bachmann has the preachers, the new people are sticking with him to some extent. there's too many like candidates for him to exceed 20. >> you think romney in one, santorum, paul. >> romney and paul, then third santorum and perry. >> i think romney, because he can attract independents, but i think that rick perry will live to fight another day, possibly in south carolina. >> i'm the lone ranger. i think santorum's surge holds and romney will be within two points of the 25% he got four years and $20 million ago. the most expensive two points -- >> you think romney in two. >> in second place but right where he was last time, 25%. then ron paul probably 18 to 20. >> in terms of will anyone drop out after tomorrow? >> no. >> no. >> probably not. >> michele bachmann if she doesn'
>> romney. i think romney's going to win. i think santorum may outperform his current expectation. >> but do you think his surge has stopped? >> i'm telling the people on the ground here have said who are unaffiliated. and he's weighted down by -- michele bachmann has the preachers, the new people are sticking with him to some extent. there's too many like candidates for him to exceed 20. >> you think romney in one, santorum, paul. >> romney and paul, then third...
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what is mitt romney's response to foreclosures? let it bottom out. do nothing. i don't think that's going to be an alternative that people in any states really think is a responsible one for homeowners. >> governor mcdonnell i'll give you a chance to respond to that but also address something else democrats are bringing up. they say sure, at this moment there is this what looks like a statistical dead heat in the swing states but if you look at the past two races, in particular, meaning florida and nevada, they note that the number of people participating, number of republicans participating in these contests is down, and they say that that means that republicans aren't all that enthusiastic about any of these guys, and that that does not bode well for you this fall. >> candy, i disagree. you gave at the top of the show the difference in the enthusiasm gap between republicans and democrats by about 12 points in terms of their interest in this race. this race is coming down to three things, leadership, it's jobs, and it's the national debt daechb sit, and on all
what is mitt romney's response to foreclosures? let it bottom out. do nothing. i don't think that's going to be an alternative that people in any states really think is a responsible one for homeowners. >> governor mcdonnell i'll give you a chance to respond to that but also address something else democrats are bringing up. they say sure, at this moment there is this what looks like a statistical dead heat in the swing states but if you look at the past two races, in particular, meaning...
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of the romney budget. i frankly give him some slack today. he's been at this now for three days. he's been in the house and he's been talking about his plan for many, many years. this is his third day on the job. but, you know, i saw mitt romney here in miami yesterday get asked some questions and he also was not very sharp on the answers. this is going to be a big part of the campaign. it's going to be a big part of the campaign in my state of florida. where there's so many seniors and where there's medicare issues going to be huge. if we're going to have a real debate, if we want to make some real distinguishing between the two plans, my team has got to get very sharp, very knowledgeable, on what they're talking about. once paul ryan does that, let him loose. he's a very articulate guy. he knows what he's doing. he's wonky. with the addition of paul ryan, we just raised the bar. >> hey, soledad. >> we're not talk about dancing horses anymore but he's got to know what he's talking about. >> he might want
of the romney budget. i frankly give him some slack today. he's been at this now for three days. he's been in the house and he's been talking about his plan for many, many years. this is his third day on the job. but, you know, i saw mitt romney here in miami yesterday get asked some questions and he also was not very sharp on the answers. this is going to be a big part of the campaign. it's going to be a big part of the campaign in my state of florida. where there's so many seniors and where...
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if the mission of anybody but the romney camp is to stop mitt romney, the best thing for romney is a fractured field of conservative alternatives to mitt romney. the more candidates stay in, the more that 75% is fractured is better for mitt romney. >> they shouldn't drop out. it's one state. you don't drop out after one state. look, i understand -- also, we have seen candidates fall by the way sooid -- >> let me interrupt you for a moment. four years ago on the democratic side, you're saying chris dodd, joe biden, bill richardson, after they lost in iowa they shouldn't have dropped back. >> herman cain went to the top, fell back. newt gingrich went to the top, fell back. bachmann won the straw poll, fell back. you to not know what's going on. tim pawlenty is at home right now going, what was i thinking. >> tim pawlenty definitely did it with a dumb move. >> he didn't have any money. >> he didn't have any money, but look. it was ridiculous to drop out after the ames straw poll. it is not ridiculous -- >> how much of a blunder was it for newt gingrich not to respond to all of these att
if the mission of anybody but the romney camp is to stop mitt romney, the best thing for romney is a fractured field of conservative alternatives to mitt romney. the more candidates stay in, the more that 75% is fractured is better for mitt romney. >> they shouldn't drop out. it's one state. you don't drop out after one state. look, i understand -- also, we have seen candidates fall by the way sooid -- >> let me interrupt you for a moment. four years ago on the democratic side,...
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now mitt romney is up. so there is, they think, a chunk of voters who can be turned one way or the other. but let's right now take a listen to what mitt romney is saying right now. he's going through a standard part of a stump speech on whaild what he would do to produce more domestic energy in this country. >> crack down on china if and when they cheat. number three, i'm going to make sure the training programs work for the workers today. we get our kids the education they need. i'm going to make sure that our parents and our kids and the teachers, they come first and the teachers union will have to come behind. number four, i will get us on track to a balanced budget and i will champion small business. i'll make sure our tax policies and our regulatory policies and health care, all these things come together to make it easier for small business to grow and thrive. we have to do that to get jobs going again because small businesses are where two-thirds of jobs are created. these five things will create 12
now mitt romney is up. so there is, they think, a chunk of voters who can be turned one way or the other. but let's right now take a listen to what mitt romney is saying right now. he's going through a standard part of a stump speech on whaild what he would do to produce more domestic energy in this country. >> crack down on china if and when they cheat. number three, i'm going to make sure the training programs work for the workers today. we get our kids the education they need. i'm...
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this is a cain/romney race. cain the conservative alternative to romney at the moment. and then new hampshire 61 days away from today. he is the former massachusetts governor, second place is herman cain. newt gingrich 5% and rick perry doesn't make the top five. last night's debate was supposed to be part of his rebound strategy. south carolina 72 days away to the key primary there. again it is romney, cain, gingrich. perry slight any play but romney and cain, romney the front runner and cain the conservative challenger. after south carolina comes florida. 82 days away. this is starting to sound familiar. cain leads in a new poll out today. romney just behind him. newt gingrich, up to 17% in florida. rick perry in the single digits at 5. everyone t got in the race and everyone assumed he would be the conservative candidate to mitt romney. at the moment it is cain. they assume that herman cain will start to slip. gingrich, they say at the moment is best positioned to take on romney. the whole race we have been waiting to see who would be the consistent conservative to r
this is a cain/romney race. cain the conservative alternative to romney at the moment. and then new hampshire 61 days away from today. he is the former massachusetts governor, second place is herman cain. newt gingrich 5% and rick perry doesn't make the top five. last night's debate was supposed to be part of his rebound strategy. south carolina 72 days away to the key primary there. again it is romney, cain, gingrich. perry slight any play but romney and cain, romney the front runner and cain...
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mitt romney 318. newt gingrich 286 the official votes in the 2012 election season, first official votes that have been counted, rick perry, 10%, 169 michele bachmann 112. 5 people have voted for jon hunts hahn. i want to go inside of our cue. all of our experts are monitoring what's going on. anderson cooper will give us a better sense of how we determine these results, the official results as well as the entrance poll results. anderson? >> we've been getting a lot of the numbers in here where we have folks who are crunching the numbers. what are you looking at here? >> this is what the entrance poll data is. at 40 precincts we had interviewers out there that were asking the questions who are you, who are you going to vote for, what have you. this gives us an indication of where things are going, but this isn't the data. we slide over here, this is where we see the raw data come in, the raw vote. these viewers are asking questions initially then when the room happens and we see the vote even before it
mitt romney 318. newt gingrich 286 the official votes in the 2012 election season, first official votes that have been counted, rick perry, 10%, 169 michele bachmann 112. 5 people have voted for jon hunts hahn. i want to go inside of our cue. all of our experts are monitoring what's going on. anderson cooper will give us a better sense of how we determine these results, the official results as well as the entrance poll results. anderson? >> we've been getting a lot of the numbers in here...
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but romney's got a bigger problem. he's allowed republicans or at least the narrative, as we like to say these days, to be well, newt is doing so well because people think he'll do better debating obama. what the romney people have to do, james, is to get that changed to forget who will be the better debater, what i need you to think about as you go into your high school cafeteria or into the polling place is i need you to think about who do you trust more sitting behind that desk in that office in that building 15 blocks from where i'm sitting. >> yeah, romney is off his game. and his attacks have changed and his message, he's gotten away away from any kind of message. it was kind of an economic message for a long time. they've got some smart guys over there. but they've got some real challenges. the biggest challenge is these conservatives in combination don't like him, don't trust romney. just daunting to sit down in a campaign and see that your number just never moves. you have sympathy for the guys on the other si
but romney's got a bigger problem. he's allowed republicans or at least the narrative, as we like to say these days, to be well, newt is doing so well because people think he'll do better debating obama. what the romney people have to do, james, is to get that changed to forget who will be the better debater, what i need you to think about as you go into your high school cafeteria or into the polling place is i need you to think about who do you trust more sitting behind that desk in that...
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i think romney's got tremendous momentum. now he's won 3 out of the 5, tied the other one, one in the northeast, the southeast, the rocky mountain states, and he's winning across every spectrum of the republican race, moderate, very conservative, evangelical, tea party, and just, you know, regular folks. so i think he's on a roll. there's 17 primaries and caucuses in the next 30 days. and the map is lining up very well for mitt romney because here's the bottom line. everybody knows that he's got the best chance to beat president obama. you said at the top of the show that it's neck and neck between the two. the president knows it. most people know it. and we want to win. and so i think he'll be the nominee. the only question is when. >> and the poll was about swing states. and it did show that it's really a dead heat in the states that really decide the election. governor o'malley, to you, when you look at this at the swing state picture, what turns this around for the president? because these are must-wins for either candida
i think romney's got tremendous momentum. now he's won 3 out of the 5, tied the other one, one in the northeast, the southeast, the rocky mountain states, and he's winning across every spectrum of the republican race, moderate, very conservative, evangelical, tea party, and just, you know, regular folks. so i think he's on a roll. there's 17 primaries and caucuses in the next 30 days. and the map is lining up very well for mitt romney because here's the bottom line. everybody knows that he's...